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This well established Partick local was known in the 1890s as the Windsor licensed restaurant. The owner Robert R Davidson was a native of Aberdeen and the son of a well respected member of the trade in the granite city.

The old restaurant had a bar counter close to the entrance, while at the end of the corridor, comfortable dinning rooms well lit and ventilated with a fire burning in the grate, private sitting rooms upholstered could accommodate small parties, the Windsor was an upmarket restaurant and one of the best places to dine in the Partick area.

Mr & Mrs Davidson celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in 1899, they invited friends and family to a reception, supper and dance at the Academy Rooms, Partick, they were entertained by the Royalty Theatre orchestra, the dance was led off by George Davidson brother of the host and miss Davidson. A large number of friends in the licensed trade were also present including William Bowie.

The restaurant and bar was run by William McConachie from 1902 until the end of the First World War. Over the years the pub has expanded taking in adjacent shops, today the pub is still well run and very popular.

The Windsor. 1931.

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Update 07/2014…

The present licensee is Louise Train. She took over the pub from Pat Padden in November 2007. Pub still going great guns today.
Keep up the good work. Thanks for the email Stevie Train.

Mr Robert R Davidson. 1899.

Licence Holders.

2007 Louise Train. 2014.

1991 Patrick Padden.

1973-1952 John Vincent Healy.

1948 Wypers Glasgow Ltd.

1937 Mrs Sarah Ann McGinlay.

1919-1902 William McConachie.

1899 Robert R Davidson.

In 1881 Neil Jackson was licensee here and for the next seven years continued to do so, he was living with his wife Elizabeth at 1 Anderson Street, Partick. Mr Jackson was born in Lochgilphead in 1839 and came to Glasgow as a young man to learn the trade.

The Victoria Bar during the 1930s.

From 1888 to 1890 Andrew Fleck occupied the premises. James Templeton Ward a well known and respected member of the Scottish Licensed Trade took over in 1891, the pub stayed in the Ward family until 1930. To find out more on the Ward family and their public houses click here.

William Grant then took over the pub, again the Grant family ran this very prosperous business for many years well into the 1970s.

The pub is now run by Belhaven Brewery and is still as popular as it was when the Jackson family owned it.

1890-1888 Andrew Fleck.

1887-1881 Neil Jackson.

The Union Jack sat at the corner of Dumbarton Road and Kent Road. This part of Dumbarton Road became Argyle Street and the address changed to 1008 Argyle Street.

Abraham Bennett took over this old pub in 1890, the was very basic, linoleum lined the floors, there were three little snug’s one of which was a smoking room. Allsopp’s and Bass beer was sold and a nip of “Mountain Dew” was a favourite with a good pipe. The family department was confined to the Kent Road entrance. Mr Bennett sold good quality whisky, brandy, ales, porter, stout and other liquors.

This old pub was built on the site of John Black’s old public house in 1900. Philip MacSorley a well known Glasgow publican commissioned architects Clarke & Bell to design his new art nouveau saloon bar.

Philip MacSorley started out in the licensed trade in small premises in the Garngad, many will still remember this old pub as the Stop Inn now demolished. In the same year 1886 he was running another pub in Pollokshaws Road. One of his most famous pubs is MacSorley’s in Jamaica Street which he took over in 1897, this old howff was known as the Clan Vaults which he demolished and built a new public house on the same site.